Education Abroad

Contributing to Comprehensive Internationalization

Developing and Implementing Programs (from a U.S. Campus)

Funding and Financing

Office Administration

Risk Assessment and Crisis Management

Student Advising

Student Health and Safety

Understanding Financial Aid for Education Abroad

Financial barriers are often cited as a roadblock for potential study abroad participants. As an education abroad professional, understanding the federal financial aid system, and how it works at your institution, can open opportunities for you to better serve your students. This NAFSA e-Learning

Essential Federal Regulations for Education Abroad

As a new Education Abroad professional, understanding the basic federal regulations that govern privacy, discrimination, and mandatory reporting is an important part of your job. In this NAFSA e-Learning Express course, you will learn how five different U.S. federal regulations affect study abroad

Best Practice in Community-Engaged Learning in Education Abroad

Download the July 2020 Report By Karen McBride, EdD, and Melissa Whatley, PhD “Learning is community based, applied, reflective, connected, visceral, integrated and engaged; it is locally contextualized, historically informed and theoretically grounded” (Hartman et al. 2018, 4). Community-engaged

Continuity of Operations for the International Office

Adapted from a March 10, 2020 post on the NAFSA International Scholar Advising Network by Tina Rousselot de Saint Céran (Georgia Tech), chair of the NAFSA Knowledge Community for International Student and Scholar Services (KCISSS). There are multiple considerations for the transition from in-person

Deep Dive: Education Abroad Advocacy in the Time of COVID-19

An in-depth analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on education abroad, including results from NAFSA's financial impact survey, our Congressional asks, and how to get involved in moving these asks forward.

Practical Operations in Crisis Management

What did you learn about your crisis management plan during this most recent pandemic response? Although most offices have a protocol for crisis management, it is often found lacking when put to the test. During this text-based chat, three panelists answered questions from members about model

Responding to a Worldwide Health Crisis and Travel Restrictions

Recent concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus has myriad implications for the international education community in the United States and abroad. This Town Hall for NAFSA members provided context for the current challenges for international educators and shared updates on the travel

Programming Design for International Educators

Craft impactful international education programs through systematic design that integrates student orientation, cultural engagement, and stakeholder development while maximizing resources and institutional compliance. See full details!

Health and Safety Management for Secondary School Programs Abroad

While planning rich educational experiences abroad, don’t forget to plan for health and safety—especially when those students are minors. Requiring careful planning and critical training of your stakeholders, you will learn actions to take pre-departure and while students are abroad. Develop a

Internships, Research, and Service Learning Abroad

Optimize your capacity to design high-impact international experiential programs through expert strategies for structuring, implementing, and assessing successful research initiatives, internship placements, and service-learning abroad opportunities. See full details!